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Today, Attorney General William P. Barr today directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row (article available here…

The Justice Department has executed Dustin Lee Honken, 52, in Terre Haute, Ind., the third federal inmate put to death by the government this week. A coroner pronounced him dead by lethal injection at 4:36 p.m. ET Friday (article available…

The Justice Department has executed Dustin Lee Honken, 52, in Terre Haute, Ind., the third federal inmate put to death by the government this week. A coroner pronounced him dead by lethal injection at 4:36 p.m. ET Friday (…

The Justice Department has executed Dustin Lee Honken, 52, in Terre Haute, Ind., the third federal inmate put to death by the government this week. A coroner pronounced him dead by lethal injection at 4:36 p.m. ET Friday (…

For the second time this week, a man was executed by lethal injection inside a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.…

For the second time this week, a man was executed by lethal injection inside a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Wesley Ira Purkey was strapped to a gurney inside the execution…

For the second time this week, a man was executed by lethal injection inside a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Wesley Ira Purkey was strapped to a gurney…

Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled for execution tonight (Wednesday, July 15, 2020) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death on Tuesday (…

Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled for execution tonight (Wednesday, July 15, 2020) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death on Tuesday (see previous post on…

The Justice Department has killed Daniel Lee, 47, marking the first federal execution since 2003, after a chaotic overnight series of divided court rulings that cleared the way for federal executions to resume for the first time in 17 years (…